Repairs completed Live Oak's Chanticleer Home

LIVE OAK -- Repairs have been completed and the yellow tag removed at Chanticleer Home, the residential care facility for the elderly that moved residents with Alzheimer's to Watsonville Residential Care three weeks ago citing safety reasons.

"All the repairs are done," Chanticleer Home Administrator Sharon Scagliotti said Friday, one day before the deadline set by county. "With the holidays, we haven't made arrangements for residents to move back. It depends on whether residents want to move back. We're having meetings."

Ten residents were moved to a facility operated by Elise Kim in the former Watsonville Hospital, an art deco style building that dates to 1938 and is a historic landmark.

Besides running Chanticleer Home, Scagliotti is administrator for Nona's Cottage, a small residential facility for the elderly on the Santa Cruz Westside.

The Chanticleer property, which includes a house in the front and a house in the rear, is owned by Martha and Silvio Tufo.

Jilda Loomis, whose mother has been living at Chanticleer House, said she was surprised to learn residents were moved from the back house to the front house after the repairs.

"Even this move is a big change for the residents," she said. "They get very comfortable with their environments and go through all kinds of confusion when having to move."

She said she would like get more information from Scagliotti about what she intends to do since her lease for Chanticleer Home will expire in six months.